1 Corinthians 9:24

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Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running– or had not run– in vain.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith! 8 Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day– and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 Wisdom Cannot Protect against Seemingly Chance Events Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge– for time and chance may overcome them all.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?
  • Hos 12:10 : 10 I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

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  • 1 Cor 9:25-27
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    89%

    25 Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

    26 So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

    27 Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 2 Tim 2:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

    5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

    6 The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • Heb 12:1
    75%

    1 The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

  • Phil 3:11-17
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    11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

    12 Keep Going Forward Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

    13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

    14 with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

    15 Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

    16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

    17 Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

    23 I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

  • Gal 5:7
    71%

    7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?

  • 2 John 1:8
    69%

    8 Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
    69%

    58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    69%

    7 I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

    8 Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day– and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

  • Phil 2:16
    69%

    16 by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
    68%

    8 For“physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

  • 2 Cor 5:9
    67%

    9 So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    67%

    10 Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

    11 If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8 because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

    9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

  • Phil 3:8
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    8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,

  • Col 3:24
    66%

    24 because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

  • Col 1:29
    66%

    29 Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

    7 For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  • Heb 6:12
    66%

    12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    66%

    6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Rom 2:7
    66%

    7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

  • 1 Cor 10:24
    66%

    24 Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    65%

    15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • Phil 4:13
    65%

    13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

  • 1 Cor 14:12
    65%

    12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
    65%

    33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
    65%

    15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    65%

    4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

  • Phil 1:27
    65%

    27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

  • 2 Pet 1:8
    65%

    8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.

  • Jas 1:12
    65%

    12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

  • Col 1:10
    65%

    10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

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